Perhaps We'll Meet Another Day

Something Off My Chest

"Shit..."

"No need to rush." Law said quietly in an attempt to placate her, sitting still so Lexi could line the paperclip they'd found in the corner of the room back up with his handcuff's keyhole. "It's not like we don't have the time."

Not even thirty minutes later of sitting there had Lexi been too pent up with nervous energy to sit still any longer. She'd began pacing the room again, searching for something-anything- that could help them escape. As luck would have it, tucked into the very edge of the carpet was a paperclip. Her fingers had just barely brushed over it as she made slow sweeps of the carpet. Where it had come from, she had no idea, but at least it was something.

Being unable to see either of their hands made it difficult to maneuver-though it had been dark before, night had truly fallen now, which wasn't helping any-and on multiple occasions she'd accidentally caught his wrist with a sharp poke of the tiny thing. Lexi, her back to his, felt around the handcuffs for the hole, before leaning back a little and sticking the paperclip end into it. She didn't know how to pick a lock, and she'd never tried before. Neither had Law, but they'd assumed it couldn't be that difficult. No amount of determination and frustration couldn't get things done, right?

Lexi let out a frustrated breath, the 'tinks' of her fishing around in the hole getting her no further to popping the cuffs off his wrist. She tried a different angle, but still no luck. At this rate she'd end up breaking the paperclip, their only method of attempting this to begin with.

"For once, could something be as easy as in the movies?" She bit angrily, trying for the umpteenth time to unlock it. Law only let out a humored breath, perhaps wondering the same thing. Or maybe because he didn't know what to say to it. There'd been a lot of those sorts of responses recently.

"Fuck!" She scowled, feeling the paperclip bend unhelpfully. Despite her anger, she made sure to keep her voice down. They'd realized quickly that a guard had been posted across the hallway to their room. She took the paperclip out from the cuff and shook her head.

"Let me try." He said, spreading his hand out behind him to take the paperclip. She felt around behind her and dropped it in his hand. As best she could, she spread out the chain of her handcuffs so he'd have access to the keyhole.

She felt his fingers searching for the slot, shifting positions to more easily reach it. She tried evening her breathing, which was quickened due to frustration, waiting as Law tried his hand at getting her out of them.

In silence, he wiggled the paperclip away at the keyhole for several minutes. But even his valiant attempts were of no use, and eventually he recognized that too. "I don't think this will work. It was a good idea though."

The words were pleasant enough, but they only felt forced to her ears. Lexi's head shook minutely, irritated that it hadn't worked out in the end. She'd gotten that spark of hope that they'd be able to...maybe overtake someone if they came down to check on the prisoners? Hell, she hadn't thought that far ahead. All she'd been hoping for was to get out of these damn handcuffs. They were chaffing her wrists something fierce.

She blew out a frustrated breath. "Well, there goes my only plan..."

"It's alright." Was his stale reply, shifting to his knees and settling himself against the wall again. "We'll think of something."

Lexi stayed where she was, staring at the dark, rectangular shape of the door blankly until she became too tired and finally laid down on her side, searching for some sort of sleep.

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It was a disorienting few seconds as Lexi jerked awake, gasping a breath from fear. Her shoulders ached from her hands being stuck in the handcuffs, keeping her muscles from naturally relaxing. The darkness of the room also wasn't helpful, leaving her unable to distinguish her own sight from what her mind conjured up for her. She set her forehead on the carpet of their barren prison cell and took a few fortifying breaths, letting reality sink in as her dream began fading from memory.